Editing Euterpe (section)

==Mythology==
Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of [[Mnemosyne]], Titan goddess of memory, and fathered by [[Zeus]], god of the gods. Her sisters include [[Calliope]] (muse of epic poetry), [[Clio]] (muse of history), [[Melpomene]] (muse of tragedy), [[Terpsichore]] (muse of dancing), [[Erato]] (muse of erotic poetry), [[Thalia (Muse)|Thalia]] (muse of comedy), [[Polyhymnia]] (muse of hymns), and [[Urania]] (muse of astronomy). Sometimes they are referred to as water nymphs having been born from the four sacred springs on Helicon which flowed from the ground after [[Pegasus]], the winged horse, stamped his hooves on the ground. The mountain spring [[Cassotis]] on Mount Parnassus was sacred to Euterpe and the other Muses. It flowed between two high rocks above the city of [[Delphi]], and in ancient times its [[sacred waters]] were  retained for the use of the [[Pythia]], the priests, priestesses, as well as the [[oracle]] of [[Apollo]].<ref> Pausanias, ''[[Description of Greece]]'' (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1918), Perseus Digital Library. http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:10.24.7 (Accessed November 5, 2024)</ref><ref> Lewis C., Short C., ''[[A Latin Dictionary]]'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879), Perseus Digital Library. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3DCastalia (Accessed November 5, 2024)</ref>
[[File:Euterpe_Pérez_Galdós.jpg|thumb|Euterpe Pérez Galdós]]
Along with her sister Muses, Euterpe was believed to have lived on [[Mount Olympus]] where she and her sisters entertained their father and the other Olympian gods with their great artistry. Later on, tradition also placed them on [[Mount Helicon]] in Boeotia where there was a major cult center to the goddesses, or on [[Mount Parnassus]] where the Castalian spring was a favorite destination for poets and artists.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cartwright|first1=Mark|title=Muse|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/muse/|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref>

Some people believe that she invented the [[aulos]] or double-flute, though most mythographers credit [[Marsyas]] or [[Athena]] with its invention. Some say she also invented other wind instruments. Euterpe is often depicted holding a flute in artistic renditions of her.

Pindar and other sources (the author of the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[Rhesus (play)|Rhesus]]'' 347; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.3.4 1.3.4].</ref>'', and [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]]<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]], ''Commentary on [[Virgil|Virgil's]] [[Aeneid]]'' 1.469</ref>), describe the Thracian king [[Rhesus of Thrace|Rhesus]], who appears in the ''[[Iliad]]'', as son of Euterpe and the river-god [[Strymon (mythology)|Strymon]]; Homer calls him son of [[Eioneus]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cancik|first1=Hubert|last2=Schneider|first2=Helmuth|title=Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Classical tradition|date=2006}}</ref>
[[File:Muse_Euterpe,_Denarius,_56_B.C.,_Rome.jpg|thumb|Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; two crossed tibiae behind / Euterpe, the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing right, supporting her head with her left hand by resting her elbow on column, and holding two tibiae in right hand; Q • POMPONI downwards to left, MVSA downwards to right. [[Quintus Pomponius Musa]]]]